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Jon Balke: Diverted Travels
by John Kelman
As Jon Balke moves further and further away from his '80s work with the Miles-informed group Masqualero, he moves deeper into abstraction, experimenting with instrumental combinations that allow for a broad range of textures within an ever-expanding concept. Since the mid-'90s, with his constantly shifting Magnetic North Orchestra, he has explored the juncture between composition and ...
Riccardo Fioravanti Trio + Trumpets: Coltrane Project
by AAJ Italy Staff
Erano anni che Riccardo Fioravanti - insieme al suo trio storico completato da Bebo Ferra e Andrea Dulbecco - voleva omaggiare la musica di Coltrane. Ha aspettato il momento giusto, la necessaria maturità di intenti e ha trovato l'esatta originalità del progetto. Ha operato alcune scelte fondamentali: non avvalersi del sax (come del resto era stato ...
Josh Arcoleo: Beginnings
by AAJ Italy Staff
Ascoltando Beginnings si fatica a credere che il protagonista dell'incisione sia un giovanotto poco più che ventenne. Josh Arcoleo, questo il nome del giovanissimo sassofonista inglese, sorprende infatti per il suo stile maturo che pesca a piene mani nella classicità dello strumento, come alla dinastia nobile del sax tenore (Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Sonny Rollins) rimanda ...
Traeben: Push
by Chris May
With a Danish frontline and Dutch rhythm section, Den Haag-based Træben draws much of its inspiration from the chamber jazz which came out of Los Angeles and San Francisco in the late 1950s and 1960s. Hummable melodies, cool swing, mellifluous improvisation. The whisper rises to a conversational murmer but rarely raises its voice. This is sunny, ...
Kjell Ohman: The Duke
by Chris Mosey
In the somewhat circumscribed world of Swedish popular music, Kjell Öhman has been there, done that and bought the T-shirt. The keyboard wizard, born in 1943, has worked as a studio musician on more than three thousand recordings, with stars ranging from keyboardist/singer Georgie Fame to harmonicist Toots Thielemans, produced music for some of the country's ...
Sylvain Rifflet: Alphabet
by Hrayr Attarian
French composer/reed player Sylvain Rifflet is recognized not only for his work in jazz, but also in film music. With his current quartet, he has broadened his palette to include world, rock and avant-garde influences. The resulting Alphabet defies narrow classification as it straddles many styles. It certainly is a very cinematic affair, ...
Billy Hart: All Our Reasons
by AAJ Italy Staff
Dopo aver debuttato con questo quartetto nel 2006 (Quartet, High Note) Billy Hart ha mantenuto in vita la formazione, esibendosi regolarmente fino a raggiungere con questo disco uno dei lavori più significativi dell'anno e uno dei momenti più elevati della sua carriera di leader. Hart è tra i migliori e più versatili batteristi del nosto tempo: ...
Markku Ounaskari / Samuli Mikkonen / Per Jørgensen: Kuara: Psalms and Folk Songs
by John Kelman
While early reference points for jazz and improvised music may have come from the Afro-American tradition, global musicians of the 21st century have increasingly looked to their own cultural touchstones for music that speaks to them at a mitochondrial level. If music is a reflection of who we are and what we experience, then it only ...
Aram Shelton - Kjell Nordeson: Incline
by AAJ Italy Staff
Si fa presto a dire interplay. Ma poi, quando ti capita di imbatterti in un disco come questo, capisci che suonare con gli altri, ascoltarsi e ascoltare, aprire cuore e orecchie, può anche non bastare. La scintilla, la perfetta comunione di intenti, è qualcosa che va al di là. La meccanica (azione-reazione) non c'entra, e nemmeno ...
Randi Tytingvag: Grounding
by Anthony Shaw
Just like Jenny Lind and even Abba's Frida Lyngstad, Randi Tytingvåg is one of the latest of a long line of Scandinavian female singers who have adapted their innate skills to appeal to a market far beyond their native shores. And that is not to mention Norway's clutch of other successful young female jazz singers Rebekka ...
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